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Posted August 13, 2012 11:36 pm - Updated January 22, 2016 03:53 pm

Savannah State mourns death of former Tigers basketball player Andrew Anderson

Ex-SSU hoops

player dies

Andrew Anderson, a 6-foot-1 guard who played at Savannah State during the 2009-10 basketball season, died Friday of lung disease, Tigers assistant athletics director for media relations Opio Mashariki said. Anderson was 21.

The Buford native saw action in 24 games and averaged 1.5 points and 0.7 rebounds. He was part of a squad that finished 11-15 with wins over Central Connecticut, Western Illinois and Stetson. The business management major played at Collins Hill High School.

Anderson transferred to Lawson State Community College for the 2010-11 basketball season.

Eagles ranked

third in FCS poll

Georgia Southern is No. 3in The Sports Network’s Football Championship Subdivision preseason poll, which was released Monday.

The Eagles (11-3 a year ago) won the Southern Conference championship in 2011 and advanced to the FCS semifinals before losing to eventual champion North Dakota State.

Sam Houston State, last year’s runnerup, will start the season as the No. 1 team in the nation, according to 152 selected media across the nation.

North Dakota State was ranked second, followed by Georgia Southern, Montana State and James Madison. The Eagles garnered six first-place votes.

Among SoCon teams, Appalachian State was sixth and Wofford 10th.

“I don’t know if (the voters) think those are the best teams now or that’s how teams are going to finish,” GSU coach Jeff Monken said. “I know a lot of fans pay attention and have a lot of fun with it, but we can’t be thinking about it. We’re going to practice and prepare and hope for the best. Hopefully, at the end of the year, we’ll be playing to be No. 1.”

Complete poll, 2B

Saints cleared of wiretapping

NEW ORLEANS — A police investigation found no evidence that the Saints or general manager Mickey Loomis rigged Superdome wiring to intercept the radio communications of opposing coaches, Louisiana State Police Col. Mike Edmonson said Monday.

State police and the FBI began investigating after eavesdropping allegations surfaced in April.